The CBC’s announcement today that it is cutting 244 jobs across the country, mostly in news programming, is deeply disturbing. This “2020 update “ continues to diminish the capacity of the public broadcaster to do quality journalism, and serve Canadians … Read more »

The Canadian Media Guild Freelance Branch is pleased to co-sponsor the first Ali Mustafa Memorial Lecture, taking place this Saturday night (March 14) at Ryerson University in Toronto. “People’s Journalism: Reporting Under Fire” is a fundraising event for the Ali … Read more »

By guest blogger Karen Wirsig You’re in a job you should love with a friendly boss who sits a couple of desks over in your bright, open-concept office and buys everyone dinner once a week. Most of your friends who … Read more »

You are invited to the presentation and reception for the 5th Annual Canadian Hillman Prize in Journalism,an award that honours excellence in journalism in service of the common good. The event will take place on March 12th, 2015 at the Drake … Read more »

The annual Gala of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) in honour of courageous reporting drew attention once more this week to admirable Free Expression champions. The spotlight this year was on the Native Women’s association of Canada (NWAC) … Read more »

The Canadian Media Guild has filed a submission to the CRTC as part of the regulator’s consultation about the future of television in Canada. Here are our key recommendations in the submission: -That the CRTC strengthen public service media within … Read more »

CMG has received the following urgent request for support from a group of your colleagues trying to save the CBC Documentary Unit. Please support this petition, by sending an email to webmaster@cmg.ca with your name and job title. Your signature will be … Read more »

Below are draft notes for a speech by CBC News’ Chief Correspondent Peter Mansbridge. The speech was delivered on Friday, June 13, 2104 at the Holding Power to Account: Investigative Journalism, Democracy, and Human Rights conference in Winnipeg. ———————————— Holding Power … Read more »

The Canadian Media Guild celebrates Aboriginal History Month and acknowledges all of our members of indigenous descent. We have people working at bureaus and workplaces all across the country that are representative of the vast diversity of indigenous people from … Read more »